Designing for Breakage: What Cybersecurity Leaders Must Plan For

What if treating post-quantum cryptography like Y2K is your first and most dangerous mistake? In this episode of Shielded: The Last Line of Cyber Defense, host Johannes Lintzen welcomes Yolanda Reid, former IBM Consulting leader and U.S. defense veteran, to explain why PQC is not a patch, but a permanent shift in how we secure systems, train teams, and think about risk. From executive blind spots to the realities of “designing for breakage,” Yolanda offers a clear-eyed view of what must change and why five years may already be too late. Expect sharp truths, practical direction, and a call for leaders to act now before quantum becomes the blindside nobody planned for.